‘Heartbroken’ Will Smith Resigns from Academy After Slapping Chris Rock at 2022 Oscars

‘Heartbroken’ Will Smith Resigns from Academy After Slapping Chris Rock at 2022 Oscars

Two days after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Board of Governors initiated self-described “disciplinary proceedings” against Will Smith over his slap of Chris Rock at Sunday’s Oscars, the “heartbroken” King Richard Best Actor winner today has pre-empted the harshest punishment that he could have received and left the organization voluntarily.